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The Graz University of Technology supports its students in gaining practical experience in many different ways. Students, for example, can put their theoretic knowledge into practice in numerous student teams focusing on networking, gaining professional experience but also on leisure activities. GRIPS is one of many Student Competition and Focus Teams the university supports.
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KNAPP is a leading company in automation for warehouses and provides solutions for production and distribution according to the customer’s needs. Its services include the design, development and implementation of automated warehouse systems.
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Anexia offers high-quality solutions for cloud hosting as well as individual software and app development. The company was founded in 2006 in Klagenfurt, Austria. Today, it has additional offices in Vienna, Graz, Munich, Karlsruhe and New York City to serve numerous international customers.
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AccuPower is a leading market supplier of rechargeable energy devices and charging electronics. The Austrian company develops chargers, accumulators, batteries, and lamps for the consumer and industry sector and distributes them in the USA, Canada, different European countries as well as in Asia.
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Pro²Future derives from Products and Production Systems of the Future.
Our name is our mission: We dedicate ourselves to research in the field of industrial ICT, with special regard on the development of so called cognitive products and cognitive production systems. Our research is deliberately aligned with ambitious and visionary targets and is oriented beyond “Industry 4.0” right now. Expressed in simplified terms, we want to scientifically support enterprises in their digitalization efforts.